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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Igor Borisov Peev, Arlington, WA (US);
Lewey Alec Geselowitz, Redmond, WA (US);
James Thomas Marshall, Redmond, WA (US);
John A. Payne, Seattle, WA (US);
Jagan Subhas, Renton, WA (US);
Puneet Bhatia, Redmond, WA (US);
Daniel Benjamin Witriol, Kirkland, WA (US);
Safiya Bhojawala, Seattle, WA (US);
Ehab Sobhy, Redmond, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC., Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided to improve map type data visualizations in which custom images are used as background against which datasets are visualized. In various examples, coordinate systems are automatically generated and applied to the custom image based on the positional data of the dataset. The custom image may replace a pre-existing background, and the plotting of the dataset may be automatically modified based on differences between the pre-existing background and the custom image. Aspects provide for enhanced user control of the map type visualization to further modify how datasets are plotted and how visualizations are presented. Example modifications include offsets and scales, which may be automatically determined and applied or set manually. In some examples, the custom image may be part of a set of image tiles, which are operable to provide various levels of detail from several viewing angles and heights.